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Only .localhost, .example, .test, and .invalid are reserved for those purposes: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2606. .local is reserved, but for mDNS usage.

.local is used for mDNS these days, don't use it if your network has Apple devices.

not just Apple devices, you'll find mDNS resolvers on many setups. Overrides in the hosts file might be fine, but still, I'd avoid it.

> don't use it if your network has Apple devices.

As of now, but something about IPv6 also forced Microsoft to implement this, and some Linux distros also does this in CUPS (I know it's Apple...)

What about .arpa[0]?